Bonds limerick contest winner

UPDATE: Weldon B. of Berkeley (aka lawtalker) is the winner of our Barry Bonds limerick contest! The judges chose Weldon’s entry partly because it touched on both sides of Barry, veering toward the positive, which is how we think most Giants fans will remember him in the decades to come.

With the press he was always defiant.

With managers he’s never compliant.

But with talent and style,

he hit baseballs a mile.

In the end, he’s one hell of a Giant.

The runner-up is this one from kodiak, which gave us the biggest laugh:

Some say Bonds by the Giants was coddled

As for BALCO he took what they bottled

But amongst all of his sins

I’ll recall with a grin

The time when Jeff Kent he throttled

We received around 300 entries, not all of which were exactly in limerick form. Thanks to everyone who entered!

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EARLIER POST:The Barry Bonds era is ending, for better or for worse. Now it’s time for you to turn it into verse.

Write your best limerick on the topic of “What Barry Bonds has meant to the Giants and their fans” and post it here. Keep it reasonably clean, please.

Our judges will look at the entries and pick a winner, who will receive a $50 gift certificate. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.